Les MISERABLES

“Millions of people around the world have connected with the story as it is portrayed in the musical, Les Miserables”  

The book covers many emotions and issues that we are all familiar with, everywhere, directly or indirectly.

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👀REACTIONS TO LES MIS👀.

Comments from the reactions of a group of readers in Halifax N.S. circa 1984 

Here lies Jean Valjean
Always merciful, 
Always kind, 
Never free. 

~Les Mis is a book I’ll never forget. I found the book heart-warming and, to say the least, I enjoyed reading it. 

~Jean Valjean always manages to bring out the good in himself. When he brings it out in himself it’s almost like a lesson or it makes us want to do it along with him.

~What I got out of the novel seemed to be respect for others. 

~I enjoyed reading the novel very much. It was meaningful in that I felt the characters’ pains, their joys, their anguish, and their hopes. 

~The novel made me think about my own life and how I could improve my attitudes. 

~Jean Valjean, or at least part of him, dwells within all of us. 
It was fast-paced, intense, and unpredictable. I enjoyed it because it was like no other novel I’ve read. 

~I loved it, especially the parts about Marius and Cosette.  

~The novel was worth reading because it included moral lessons of truth and justice. 

~Out of all the novels I’ve ever read, this would be the one that created the most emotional response within me and filled me with a warm feeling and knowledge of a good set of morals which to live my life by. 

~I think that you can find similarities between each character and yourself. The book also evoked an incredible emotional response. 

~I can't find words to emphasize how good I feel about reading this book.

~Jean brought himself and others joy and happiness and that is a goal we should all have and that is the reason to live. 

~I found the novel to be both emotional and enlightening.  

~I think that my favorite character was Gavroche because he was so gutsy and full of spunk. 

~If I had the choice to read any book I wanted to, to read for a second time, I would not choose this book. 

~If I had the chance to read Les Miserables again, I definitely would. This book is filled with everything: suspense, romance, and adventure. 

~I was surprised to make it through the novel, although when I was finished I was very proud of myself, to finish it. 
Here is a Man, 
Who was never a man, 
That was more of a man,  
Than most.  ​